Even crippled, even without power, even without applause from the beings who first made it, Voyager 1 may yet make itself the ...

NASA's SR-1 Freedom mission targets a 2028 launch to Mars. See how this nuclear-powered spacecraft could unlock deep space ...

Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space—and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. But these dreams hinge ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

There is technology being perfected to make particle accelerators 100-1000 times lower cost. This would enable production of nuclear material for space propulsion that could reach up to 0.5% of light ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars and came away a thousand miles per hour faster without burning a ...

New Mexico, June 17, 2025 — Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) has successfully completed initial testing of multiple prototype discharge and neutralizer cathodes developed for Turion Space Corp.’s TIE-20 ...

If a rocket carrying a nuclear reactor explodes on its way to deep space, ...

Stuttgart, Germany – Marc. 17, 2026 – ISPTech, a German space technology company developing propulsion systems for agile in-orbit maneuvering, announced it has raised €5.5 million in seed funding to ...

Mobility in space continually cements itself as important in this modern era of space exploration, with satellites like Starlink, Amazon's upcoming Project Kuiper, the International Space Station, and ...